Laconics: Or, The Best Words of the Best Authors, Volumen1T. Boys, 1826 - 360 páginas |
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... difference , thereby to avoid being misled by similitude , and by affinity to take one thing for ano- ther . - Locke . XCIV . In the bottle , discontent seeks for comfort , cowardice for courage , and bashfulness for confidence ...
... difference , thereby to avoid being misled by similitude , and by affinity to take one thing for ano- ther . - Locke . XCIV . In the bottle , discontent seeks for comfort , cowardice for courage , and bashfulness for confidence ...
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... difference only is , that some are a little more crafty ( and but a little , God knows ) in making of the bargain . Cowley . CXVI . Wit , like every other power , has its boundaries . Its success depends on the aptitude of others to ...
... difference only is , that some are a little more crafty ( and but a little , God knows ) in making of the bargain . Cowley . CXVI . Wit , like every other power , has its boundaries . Its success depends on the aptitude of others to ...
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... difference between a friend and an acquaintance the acquaintance is in a post of progres- sion ; and after having passed through a course of proper experience , and given sufficient evidence of his merit , takes a new title , and ranks ...
... difference between a friend and an acquaintance the acquaintance is in a post of progres- sion ; and after having passed through a course of proper experience , and given sufficient evidence of his merit , takes a new title , and ranks ...
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... difference of manners in Wapping and St. James's to a difference of air or climate .-- Hume CCXLIV . A critic who sits up to read only for an occasion of censure and reproof , is a creature as barbarous as a judge who should take up a ...
... difference of manners in Wapping and St. James's to a difference of air or climate .-- Hume CCXLIV . A critic who sits up to read only for an occasion of censure and reproof , is a creature as barbarous as a judge who should take up a ...
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... difference between a plain , a rich , and gaudy livery . I do not say , that he who sells his whole time and his own will for one hundred thousand , is not a wiser merchant than he who does it for one hundred pounds ; but I will swear ...
... difference between a plain , a rich , and gaudy livery . I do not say , that he who sells his whole time and his own will for one hundred thousand , is not a wiser merchant than he who does it for one hundred pounds ; but I will swear ...
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